cve/2005/CVE-2005-2991.md

### [CVE-2005-2991](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2991)
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### Description

ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files using (1) zdiff or (2) zcmp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0970.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/12

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.